HISTOIRE DE NAPOLEON
by Lacroix, Desire
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
CARLSBAD , California, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Garnier Freres, 1902. Original green decorative cloth over beveled edge boards. Cover and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. Illustré de 75 vignettes et portraits. 699 pages. Text is in French. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Napoleon with tissue guard. Light rubbing to covers, front hinge starting, scattered foxing. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14361
- Title
- HISTOIRE DE NAPOLEON
- Author
- Lacroix, Desire
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Garnier Freres
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1902
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About the Seller
RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA
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CARLSBAD , California
About RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...